Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Moldova and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing EPMD to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Joey Negro. All the underground hits.
All Isaac Hayes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every L. Decosne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Young Rascals record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Litter,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Bauhaus,
Lee Hazlewood,
Joe Smooth,
Massinfluence,
The Mummies,
Wire,
Sun Ra,
ABBA,
Jesper Dahlback,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Sonic Youth,
Eden Ahbez,
Unrelated Segments,
Alton Ellis,
The Knickerbockers,
Talk Talk,
Byron Stingily,
Grey Daturas,
Cybotron,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Chris Corsano,
Lakeside,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Lou Christie,
Metal Thangz,
The Remains,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Aaron Thompson,
Livin' Joy,
The Index,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Main Source,
Gerry Rafferty,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Brothers Johnson,
Public Enemy,
Marshall Jefferson,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Tommy Roe,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Radiohead,
Ultravox,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Nils Olav,
New Order,
Cymande,
Gastr Del Sol,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Radio Birdman,
The Gun Club,
Peter & Gordon,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Mandrill,
the Slits,
Bobby Hutcherson,
B.T. Express, B.T. Express, B.T. Express, B.T. Express.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.